Originally Posted by
msp7er
I see a problem with the "we" let it die part... If "we" is the MEC, how many times can I count on the MEC to represent us all? What if more people don't like how it plays out than do like how it plays out, but the MEC can't see it that way...? Like when they settled the JV grievance for a few bucks and then gave the bulk of those bucks to the senior-highest-paid guys for whom the violation(s) didn't even affect?
Your vote is the only thing you can control, and what the MEC may choose to do later may not be anything you have much say about...
There are so many things that we depend on the MEC for in between contract cycles. At some point you have to trust someone. For the majority of the time all we can do is give our input and elect reps we hope will fairly represent us. I'm glad there are people who want to do the union stuff, because I don't want to do it.
I think this VB thing is a lot like CDOs. Some will like it, some will despise it.